tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post1126026905201004874..comments2018-12-06T16:22:53.644-08:00Comments on The Hippie Housewife: Winding Down at Bedtime: Three calming gamesHippie Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-11478355651667926882013-07-24T04:06:19.823-07:002013-07-24T04:06:19.823-07:00I nurse and cuddle my toddler to sleep at the mome...I nurse and cuddle my toddler to sleep at the moment... my dad used talk me through a version of Goodnight Toes, where I could move and flex each body piece and muscle one last time before it went to sleep... I really loved falling asleep that way... Alice Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13334869832354232148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-13631293823759749262013-01-23T13:19:01.320-08:002013-01-23T13:19:01.320-08:00I like that too...where are we sleeping
I like that too...where are we sleeping<br />intergalactic holly hobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108162720982419962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-22700409656765692572013-01-14T07:44:25.465-08:002013-01-14T07:44:25.465-08:00Oh my gosh I loooovvvveeee your goodnight toes, an...Oh my gosh I loooovvvveeee your goodnight toes, and goodnight legs and goodnight poop, etc., etc., game! That&#39;s happening here tonight for sure! Mostly these days I lay down for snuggling with the three of them and tell them Fables with morals (mostly my snazzed-up and slightly modernized versions of Aesop&#39;s Fables) which they absolutely love and cannot get enough of. I used to just tell them the ones I already knew from my dad telling me them growing up, but my little ones are quite demanding when it comes to these folk-tales, so I&#39;ve had to add many more to my repertoire!!intergalactic holly hobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108162720982419962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-78564258916379807802012-09-20T05:24:43.553-07:002012-09-20T05:24:43.553-07:00Love these games and will have to try them with my...Love these games and will have to try them with my 3 year old. We usually talk about all the fun things we did that day. It helps calm him. I recently saw a neat activity on pinterest (obviously) where having a journal in their bedroom that they can draw in before bed (until they are old enough to write). I thought this was a great idea.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565759832834480920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-1783939332606843022012-07-20T07:52:10.289-07:002012-07-20T07:52:10.289-07:00With my little girl (5) and boy (3) we play the dr...With my little girl (5) and boy (3) we play the dream shop game at bedtime. I give them both some dream pennies (pretend) placing each one in their hand as we count and then we talk about what they will spend it on in the dream shop. The dream shop is the place they go to when they&#39;re asleep and they usually end up buying things for us to do in our dream together. Such as buying pink cats to take for a walk in the park, buckets and spade for a day at the beach, magical ponies for a trip up in the clouds etc. The idea is that the kids go to sleep before me so that they can go to the dream shop and buy all the items we need and then we pick a place to meet to spend our dreams together.<br />Sounds sickly sweet but the kids love it and we always have some lovely chats before bed!<br />Lorraine xxLorraine Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163871611875471617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-47987447163998522372012-01-27T10:26:45.685-08:002012-01-27T10:26:45.685-08:00Great ideas here, thanks for the inspiration :)Great ideas here, thanks for the inspiration :)African Babies Don't Cryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767847394956942818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-74798762804564816672012-01-25T20:56:15.584-08:002012-01-25T20:56:15.584-08:00What a fun idea! We do something similar during th...What a fun idea! We do something similar during the day sometimes (&quot;where are we sailing to?&quot;) but I never thought to do it as a nighttime winding down activity. Thanks for sharing!Hippie Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-72849496666406867032012-01-25T18:12:49.073-08:002012-01-25T18:12:49.073-08:00we play &quot;where are we sleeping&quot;. Where ...we play &quot;where are we sleeping&quot;. Where they try to come up with the most imaginative places they could pretend to sleep. Sometimes it gets really funny and other times so relaxing you dont even want to get up after the kids are asleep &lt;3BarefootButtercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872745391134995655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-14994510222401123622012-01-25T16:30:40.402-08:002012-01-25T16:30:40.402-08:00Love the &#39;what did we do tomorrow&#39; such a ...Love the &#39;what did we do tomorrow&#39; such a great bridge from the real to the imagined. Lovely, dreamy...<br />GauriLoving Earth Mamahttp://www.lovingearthmama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-49656992632400726162012-01-25T09:10:13.778-08:002012-01-25T09:10:13.778-08:00Reading together before the bedtime routine starts...Reading together before the bedtime routine starts is brilliant!! That would definitely help us better ease the transition between crazy-loud-wild-play and the beginning of the bedtime routine. Our bedtime routine starts with tidying up toys, and there is definitely often reluctance to stop playing and start putting things away, even with plenty of warning. What a great idea; thanks!Hippie Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-43055054801992117962012-01-25T09:03:09.086-08:002012-01-25T09:03:09.086-08:00Reading together before the bedtime routine even s...Reading together before the bedtime routine even starts. Instead of going from PLAYING AND GOING CRAZY AND GENERALLY BRINGING THE HOUSE DOWN to &quot;Oh hey, time to potty,&quot; which regularly results in arguments and dawdling, we spend 15 minutes beforehand reading a book together -- both of us reading, him reading the words he knows and me reading the rest. I&#39;m irregular with this due to crazy evening schedules, but when I&#39;m more consistent, it definitely cuts down on the bedtime arguments and gets him a little more chill before it&#39;s time to sleep.<br /><br />(Once he&#39;s IN bed, I read him another book [of his choice] and sing him a song [of his choice], then snuggle a few minutes. Sometimes he&#39;ll ask for two books instead of a song, and hey, I&#39;m cool with that.)<br /><br />I like your game of making up fantastic adventures for tomorrow! Raiden can be so literal, though, that I can see him getting angry if he doesn&#39;t have any chocolate pudding in the morning, lol. Good for imagination-building, though... maybe I could do something like that with yesterday instead of tomorrow so he wouldn&#39;t see it as a promise. Hmm.Karynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481484074210475160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-50407586223601532852012-01-25T08:41:42.430-08:002012-01-25T08:41:42.430-08:00I used to sing to him when he was a toddler to put...I used to sing to him when he was a toddler to put him to sleep, but I haven&#39;t done that in a while. I bet he&#39;d love it! Thanks for sharing.Hippie Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-4370851612308228352012-01-25T08:38:40.997-08:002012-01-25T08:38:40.997-08:00just good old singing in our house, but these tips...just good old singing in our house, but these tips are great! thanks for sharing! very inspiring!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18224367330467161873noreply@blogger.com